David Mitchell

Stephen Fry to star in Victorian comedy

TV Gossip

3 Oct 2011

Stephen Fry is to star in a brand new Victorian comedy. The 'QI' presenter will team up with 'Peep Show' star David Mitchell and Robert Webb for the BBC Two show - entitled 'The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff - which is described as a "Dickensian comedy…

Fringe 2011 - behind the scenes

Some highlights from the folks who keep the Assembly venues running

26 Aug 2011

Laura Donaldson – press tickets officer This is my first time working for any festival. There’s always good banter in the press office to get you through mountains of last minute requests. Meeting performers such as The Twoks who have blown me away and…

Sammy Winward's Peep Show crush

TV Gossip

9 Jan 2011

Sammy Winward has a secret crush on 'Peep Show' star David Mitchell. The 'Emmerdale' actress - who is a single mother to her five-year-old daughter Mia - admitted she has the hots for the geeky comedian because of how "funny" he is, and thinks they…

Peep Show's David Mitchell speaks out over new series premiering online

Series 7 Episode 1 now screening at 4oD

22 Nov 2010

In the run up to the new series of Peep Show, David Mitchell has been left defending himself after expressing his disappointment at the decision to release the first episode online, prior to its TV premiere. Series seven of the comedy starring David…

David Mitchell

Dreaming up the non-existent

12 Aug 2010

David Mitchell isn’t known for his simple approach to storytelling. His most recognisable work, the Booker-shortlisted Cloud Atlas, was described as having a ‘Rubik’s cube structure’. Ambitious and unconventional, it melted genres of airport…

Further Edinburgh Book Festival highlights 2010

15 Jul 2010

In addition to events featuring Will Self, Heather Brooke and youth fiction-writers Tohby Riddle, John Green, Meg Rosoff, Cathy Cassidy there are plenty more highlights in the Edinburgh Book Festival programme.

David Mitchell - The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

4 May 2010

‘I don’t have problems starting writing,’ says author David Mitchell. ‘I have problems stopping. I’m one of the last dads to arrive at school to collect the kids, because I want to get this paragraph just right. I often lose myself in the Sudoku-like…

Russell Brand turned down for Peep Show

17 Apr 2008

Russell Brand was turned down for a part in cult sitcom Peep Show before becoming famous, according to the show's star David Mitchell. Mitchell said: 'Apparently Russell auditioned for the part of Super Hans before he was well known on the first…